streiken
German (Berlin)
/ˈʃtʁaɪ̯kən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to strike to stop working in protest
- (figurative) to refuse to cooperate or participate of a person; to stop working of a machine
Etymology
Suffix from German Streik (strike) borrowed from English to strike derived from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną (stroke, rub, strike, touch).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*strīkaną
Gloss
stroke, rub, strike, touch
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- strike English
- to strike English
- Generalstreik German
- Streik German
- Streikgeld German
- *streyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *strikanaz Proto-Germanic
- *strīkaną Proto-Germanic
- strican Old English
- strīcan Old English
- estriquer Old French
- strihhan Old High German
- strīhhan Old High German
- *strīcan Old Dutch
- strikan Old Saxon
- strīkan Old Saxon
- štrajk Slovak
- *strīkan Frankish